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Four days of an alcoholic writer, the first Hollywood film to take addiction seriously.

A journalist poses as Jewish to write about antisemitism in postwar America.

Bette Davis's ageing star and the fan who takes everything; "fasten your seatbelts".

Brando as the longshoreman who "coulda been a contender".

A Bronx butcher and a shy teacher meet at a dance; the shortest Best Picture ever.

An insurance clerk lends his flat to his bosses for their affairs; Wilder at his most bitter and warm.

Romeo and Juliet as rival gangs on the Upper West Side, danced by Jerome Robbins.

The sequel that runs Michael's fall against his father's rise.